POMPANO BEACH, Fla. – Broward Sheriff’s Office deputies evacuated a beach area on Friday afternoon just north of the Pompano Beach Pier.
BSO tasked a bomb squad with examining a cylinder that a witness described to deputies as a “military item that washed ashore.”
Deputies later identified it as a “military marker flare” that the U.S. Air Force is set to retrieve, according to Claudinne Caro, a spokeswoman for BSO.
Deputies also blocked access to the beach near the intersection of North Ocean Boulevard and Northeast Third Street.
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Local 10 News Assignment Desk Editors Wilson Louis and Aura Martinez contributed to this report.